Brand Ambassador MATT HILL

• Ambassador
• MATT HILL

Matt is an upstate New York-based photographer, artist and educator. His passion for night photography is eclipsed only by his urge to share this knowledge and to continue to hone his skills. He’s very forward about the fact that he rarely shoots photos during the day. Starting in his teens, Matt has been a night photographer for over 25 years. His pursuit of time-bending long-exposure photography has been long-lasting and relentless. Formally educated as a studio photographer, Matt blends a technical approach with a single creative question… “what if?”. His passion for combining applied and ambient lighting in moon- or star-lit scenes keeps him up very late at night. Matt is also a cut paper artist. He combines night to photograph and paper art into his project Night Paper, which synthesizes paper fashions with long exposure portraits at night and the human form. Matt is also an avid content creator and filmmaker. He has edited a feature film, created stop-motion, hundreds of live streams and educational videos, short and long-form. He has been a marketing director at two prestigious companies in the photo industry over a 25-year career, MAC Group and B&H/Gradus Group.
Growing up in the Adirondacks infused a love for wilderness in Matt. He carried this through to being a co-founder and partner at National Parks at Night (NPAN). Along with his founding partners, their educational program allows them to promote the conservation of precious lands via making art and explore wild spaces with people who also care passionately about dark skies. For Matt, this is a dream come true. All of these experiences inform his practice of night photography and fuel his urge to create, teach and share.